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<span style="font-weight: Bold;">536.5 ~ ITEM FORMAT REGISTRY ROLE</span>
<p><span id="label">Definition:</span> The purpose or expected use of the registry.</p>
<p><span id="label">Notes:</span> Registries contain varying levels of information. Some registries furnish profiles or overviews of a given file format, while others contain the full technical documentation of the format and thus facilitate validation of files (i.e., verification that a given file fully conforms to the technical specifications of the file format).</p>
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